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August 14th, 2010 Saturday Zazenkai (NOW 90 MINUTES!)

NOTE: OUR MONTHLY 4-HOUR ZAZENKAI FOR AUGUST WILL BE THURSDAY, AUGUST 19th, to commemorate our Shukke Tokudo 'Homeleaving' Ordination Ceremony on that day, as well as the visit to Treeleaf in Tsukuba of both Taigu and my Dharma Brother, Jean Marc Bazy and several members of his Sangha in Lyon, France. Additional information here:

Please 'sit-a-long' with our weekly SATURDAY 'LIVE FROM TREELEAF' 90 minute ZAZENKAI, netcast LIVE TODAY from 10pm Japan time (that is New York 9am, Los Angeles 6am, London 2pm and Paris 3pm, SATURDAY) ...
... and to be visible at the following link during those times ...

But FEAR NOT if not possible for you to join 'live' in your location at those times, as the entire sitting is recorded in 'REAL TIME' and available for full participation 'on demand' at any time after that, no different from the 'live' sitting :

As you can see, our Zazenkai consists of chanting the 'Heart Sutra' in English (the words are at the link below), some full floor prostrations in sets of three (please follow along with me ... or a simple Gassho can be substituted if you wish), followed by our Dedication, Zazen twice for 30 minutes each, with 10 minutes of Kinhin in between, and we end the sitting with 'The Verse of Atonement' and 'The Four Vows'.

Please download and print out the words of the Chants we will recite at the following link:

Re: August 14th, 2010 Saturday Zazenkai (NOW 90 MINUTES!)

Good thing I saw Joe's post. I had the date-line thing backwards. How arrogant was that; thinking the sun rose and set on Nova Scotia?
Anyway, I rushed to join in. Not sure what happened though. My "login" failed. On second try my screen froze. Nothing went "wrong" though. It just went.
I will join all of you on the re-run.
Gassho,
Don

Re: August 14th, 2010 Saturday Zazenkai (NOW 90 MINUTES!)

Re: August 14th, 2010 Saturday Zazenkai (NOW 90 MINUTES!)

I was unable to be online "live" but joined the "on demand" version today, it was my first Zazenkai and I was really glad to join. I still have to learn the chants and how to properly prostrate but all in all I enjoyed the experience and look forward to joining you all next time.
Gassho Jundo and I hope your back will heal soon!

Re: August 14th, 2010 Saturday Zazenkai (NOW 90 MINUTES!)

Re: August 14th, 2010 Saturday Zazenkai (NOW 90 MINUTES!)

This is the first zazenkai I've ever attended, and it was a good experience!

I must confess I had a laugh when the cat wandered in, meowing for attention. My own cat was doing the exact same thing not five minutes before. What an interesting connection between my time and place, and yours.

Looking forward to the next one (and must remember to feed the cat first).